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3 Introduction 7 Making: 9 Backplaces 19 Talking Documents 31 Wink 39 What do graphic designers do all day. and why do they do it. and. what does "graphic. design" even mean????!!1!? .49 Writing: 51 <?water bodies> 103 Performing the Bureaucratic. Border(line)s 157 Fair Leads 201 ⊞ 253 Special Issues: 255 Garden Leeszaal 267 Console 273 TTY -->
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<div id="content"><h1 id="wink">Wink!</h1>
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<h3 id="a-prototype-for-interactive-childrens-literature">A Prototype
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for Interactive Children’s Literature</h3>
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<p>Wink is a prototype for an interactive picture book platform. This
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platform aims to make reading into a mindfull and thought provoking
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process by using interactive and playful elements, multiple stories
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within one narrative and sound elements. Especially today where
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consumerism and low attention span is a rising issue especially amongst
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young readers, this was an important task to tackle. The thought of Wink
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emerged to find a more sustainable and creative way of reading for
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elementary school children.</p>
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<p>Working as a children’s literature editor for years, I came to a
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realisation that picture books were turning into another object that
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kids read and consume on daily basis. At least this is what I observed
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in Turkey. Teachers and parents were finding it difficult to find new
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books constantly or were tired of rereading the same book. As a young
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person in the publishing sector, I believe there should be more options
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for children as there is for adults; such as ebooks, audiobooks etc. But
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moreover a “book” that can be redefined, reread or be interacted with.
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So I revisited an old story I wrote, translated to English and named it,
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“Bee Within”.</p>
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<p>Bee Within, is a story about grief and it is based on my experiences
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throughout the years. I erased it, rewrote it, edited it, destroyed it
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multiple times over the past years, simultaneously with new experiences
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of loss. In the end, I believe the story turned out to be an ode to
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remembering or might I say an ode to not being able to forget or an ode
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to the fear of forgetting which I now think is a great and sweet battle
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between death and life. I think it is an important subject to touch
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upon, especially for children dealing with trauma in many parts of the
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world.</p>
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<p>Over the past two years, experimenting with storytelling techniques,
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interactivity options and workshops with children and adults, around
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reading and doing various exercises on Bee Within, I improved the story
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to be a more playful and interactive one which can be re-read, re-played
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and eventually re-formed non digitally to be reachable for all children.
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Here is some documentation from the beggining of this journey towards
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making accesible interactive narratives…</p>
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